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GREGARIOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
Example:
he is a gregarious person who avoids solitude
Classified under:
Similar:
social (living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups)
Derivation:
gregariousness (the quality of being gregarious--having a dislike of being alone)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species
Example:
gregarious bird species
Classified under:
Similar:
social (tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind)
Also:
social (living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups)
Attribute:
gregariousness (the quality of being gregarious--having a dislike of being alone)
Domain category:
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
Antonym:
ungregarious ((of animals) not gregarious)
Derivation:
gregariousness (the quality of being gregarious--having a dislike of being alone)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(of plants) growing in groups that are close together
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
clustered (growing close together but not in dense mats)
Domain category:
flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
Antonym:
ungregarious ((of plants) growing together in groups that are not close together)
